“The image of the resident all day in front of the TV is not just in the private sector”, protests Alexandre Robert, departmental secretary FO Santé 37, mobilized this Wednesday, December 4, 2024 to demand resources for nursing homes in Indre-et-Loire.
From 9 a.m., a demonstration is planned in front of the Vinci convention center in Tours where the congress of mayors of Indre-et-Loire will be held. “The mayors chair the boards of directors and the residents are all their constituents”, recalls the trade unionist, who describes establishments in “perpetual lack” means and financing.
“Some colleagues have twenty days of rest to recover which they put in time savings accounts, the color of which they will never see. They burn out, while contract workers, often as numerous as the permanent ones, are sometimes let go after several years. »
“Nursing assistants affect more than nurses”
Alexandre Robert still denounces the lack of time to wash the toilet or help residents eat, and the differences “incomprehensible” remuneration: “With the old age bonus which is not paid to everyone, some former nursing assistants receive more than new nurses…”
The financial restrictions imposed on communities make it fear further losses of resources. “However, we all pay taxes… which are being robbed from us since there is no public service behind them! »
In front of nursing homes this Wednesday
Gatherings will be organized throughout the day in front of the nursing homes of Chinon, Preuilly-sur-Claise, Amboise, Montlouis-sur-Loire, etc. “There will not necessarily be many of us mobilized, assumes the unionist. Because things have been said for years, people no longer believe in mobilization. We also have colleagues experiencing burnout who are unable to talk about what they do. It hurts them to do their job poorly because of working conditions…”
